> > > > It depends on the firmware version. All versions except the latest > one are supported by Amarok, libgpod, rythmbox et. al. and you can > safely use them to create the iTunesDB. If you use the iPod with > Linux only, i.e. never try to "upgrade" to the latest firmware via > iTunes, the iPod will happily sing for you everafter. >
thanks anant for whispering words of wisdom in my darkest hour. so do i let it be? there will be an answer, to how do i discover the firmware version? or do i let it be, and sleep beatless tonight? :-) niyam > > Cheers, > Anant > > P.S. In any case, it is possible to restore the iPod to "factory > defaults" erasing everything on the disk. Even if the initialization > goes awry you can always connect it to iTunes and restore it. > oh! yeah, glad to know it gets back to where it once belonged. get back ipod! :-) n _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - February 22/23, 2008 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
